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death clerk

death clerk noun: a clerk responsible for coordinating executions.

Noun

death clerk (plural death clerks)

  1. (US) A clerk responsible for coordinating executions.
    • By the 1980s, the Supreme Court had appointed a “death clerk” whose job it is to handle last-minute filings and coordinate with any local execution team about to carry out a sentence.2012, David Garland, Peculiar Institution, page 45

Forms of death clerk

pluraldeath clerks

Questions about death clerk

What does death clerk mean?
Death clerk means a clerk responsible for coordinating executions.
What part of speech is death clerk?
Death clerk is a noun.
What is the plural of death clerk?
The plural of death clerk is death clerks.

Words near death clerk in the dictionary

  1. death cell
  2. death certificate
  3. death certificates
  4. death chamber
  5. death chambers
  6. death clerk
  7. death clerks
  8. death clock
  9. death clocks
  10. death cult
  11. death cultist

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